The queen is charming, but powerful ministers lure her to seize power and usurp the throne

Chapter 225: Storing troops and food (Part )
Zhesang went from Fucheng to Cangcheng, passing through Min and Sui cities. After meeting with the magistrates of the two places, he found out that they were once disciples of Gu's father.

The two of them were overjoyed when they saw Gu Heng. No matter what Gu Heng said, there was nothing wrong with them, for fear that they would not be considerate enough.

Zhe Sang left all business matters to Pei Xinyue. Pei Xinyue grew up in a merchant's family since childhood. She was very smart and smart. She was not allowed to be exposed in the family. When she got the opportunity at Zhesang, she just wanted to show off her talents and was very interested in everything big and small. Soon, branches of Northwest Building were blooming all over the place, with Dongdongzhai at the forefront. She specialized in the opening of nearby stores, focusing on Dongfangzhai, which saved a lot of research and trial-and-error costs and time.

A few months ago, Zhe Sang wrote to Zhou's mother. In addition to business matters, the most important thing was to raise money.

The Zhou family is rich, and the Pei family is also rich.

The money Zhe Sang currently has cannot last long. She needs a lot of silver, a lot of grain, war horses, weapons and soldiers.

If the Zhou and Pei families wanted to transform from merchants to nobles - to become a truly famous family. Right now is undoubtedly a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

If it succeeds, this will be the result of Conglong. Behind the risks are huge opportunities. How many people have become new rich thanks to this, and their descendants have been blessed by it ever since.

Soon Zhou's mother wrote back: Zhou and Pei are willing to persuade other wealthy businessmen to contribute money together. They are said to be doing business as a partnership and will never leak any information. At the same time, please Zhe Sang keep it confidential.

Zhe Sang secretly sighed that foxes that have been around for thousands of years have all turned into spirits.

Zhou and Pei families are willing to take a chance; if the situation goes bad, they will cut off the tail immediately to survive.

In addition, Hu Wei selected a few capable subordinates and a thousand elite troops to disguise themselves as a caravan on the way to Cangcheng.

When it comes to military training, Gu Heng is not as good as Hu Wei.

The five city guards combined totaled only 15,000 people. They could defend the city, but if they wanted to actually fight on the battlefield, they would have to train a whole lot more.

When Zhe Sang asked Hu Wei for someone, he told him that it was best to have someone who could train and manage military camps. They are preparing to recruit troops, station troops in Cangcheng, and wait for opportunities.

Let us also say that when Qian Zhixian was imprisoned, Gu Heng deliberately released people to inform Shen Zhizhou.

Although his lips are dead and his teeth are cold, Qian Zhixian has paid a lot of tribute to his father-in-law with the wealth and support he has gained over the years.

If Gu Heng pursues the case along Qian Zhixian's line, Shen Zhizhou will not be able to protect himself.

Gu Heng deliberately did not kill Zhixian Qian, but just hanged Zhizhou Shen.

Shen Zhizhou is no better than Qian Zhixian - he has 80,000 soldiers.

Soon, Shen Zhizhou sent a post.

Zhe Sang took the note from Gu Heng's hand. In just a few lines, the purpose of the note was clear: It is the 80th birthday of Shen Zhizhou's father, and he sincerely asks the Prime Minister to do him the honor.

"Is this the Hongmen Banquet?" Zhe Sang asked.

Gu Heng nodded and asked with a smile, "Should I go?"

"Go." Gu Heng's eyes were full of resentment: "You are willing to do so."

"Didn't you already make up your mind to go?" Zhe Sang tugged at his cheek, "Otherwise, Magistrate Qian has been eating well and drinking well these days, but he hasn't suffered at all."

Gu Heng leaned back in his chair and let her rub his face, jokingly saying, "The one who knows me is Zhe Sang."

"How many people will you take?" Zhe Sang asked seriously.

"Two people are enough." Gu Heng said, "Chang Sui and Magistrate Qian will go with me."

"Don't worry, Shen Zhizhou has lived a lot longer than his son-in-law, so he won't touch me. Even if he kills me right now, the Gu family is not easy to mess with, so Qian Zhizhou is short-sighted and only cares about the present."

"Shen Zhizhou just wants me to let his son-in-law go and turn a blind eye to their dirty deeds."

Gu Heng was in a good mood and looked at Zhe Sang, "If I bring Shen Zhizhou's 80,000 soldiers back to you, how will you treat them?"

Zhe Sang's scalp was numb due to his hungry wolf-like gaze, and he half-jokingly said, "I am inconvenient, how about giving you some beauties?"

"Ok?"

Zhe Sang wanted to run away, but he caught him. The two of them had a bit of fun, and he said in a dumb voice, "Keep the accounts."

Zhe Sang seemed to be back in the tent last night, and he said the same thing when he was dissatisfied with his desires. It seemed that she was going through a lot of hardships waiting for her to give birth to a child.

However, with the prime minister's appearance, she did not suffer at all.

While rubbing their hair together, Zhe Sang responded with a blushing face, "Remember it."

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That night, someone ran into Liu's house in panic.

"What's the matter?" Liu Zhihe sounded annoyed as his sweet dream was interrupted.

"Sir, yes, he is from the capital..."

At this time, Chen Ruolan also woke up. Liu Zhihe asked while putting on his shoes, "But what happened to the Liu Mansion in the capital?"

The clerk was stunned for a moment and stammered, "No, not the Liu family!"

The closed door was opened with a swipe. Liu Zhihe didn't tie up his hair, tied his clothes with belts, and glared at him, "Speak well!"

"Imperial Palace... Sir, someone from the palace is here!"

Liu Zhihe was walking down the steps. He staggered when he heard this and turned back in disbelief, "What?"

Oh, the Dog Emperor is coming again~